"In a surprise settlement reached Monday, the Longshore Workers Union (ILWU) and transnational grain exporter EGT announced they’d settled their legal disputes in Longview, Washington.
They are negotiating a contract that will cover ILWU members working at EGT’s new grain terminal there .....The settlement came as the ILWU and members of the Occupy movement separately prepared to confront a grain ship soon approaching the disputed terminal..Occupy groups on the West Coast had lined up hundreds of volunteers....ILWU leaders were keeping mum this week about the shape of the contract they are negotiating in the highly automated Longview terminal. At issue when talks broke down a year ago were pensions, the number of workers to be hired, and overtime pay for work over eight hours per day. EGT proposed to run 12-hour shifts at straight time.."
http://labornotes.org/2012/01/longshore-union-settles-grain-dispute-confrontation-loomed
Comments (6)
Devil's in the details no doubt. But is a suitably cautious Hooray in order?
Posted by MJS | January 27, 2012 9:12 PM
Posted on January 27, 2012 21:12
The settlement came as the ILWU and members of the Occupy movement separately prepared to confront a grain ship soon approaching the disputed terminal..Occupy groups on the West Coast had lined up hundreds of volunteers...
Bah. Pussies. Capitalists are no fun anymore.
Posted by Mike Flugennock | January 27, 2012 10:50 PM
Posted on January 27, 2012 22:50
The shippers are business men. They began to realize that the costs of strong arming the ILWU were beginning to outrun the benefits. And yes, the occupy folks throwing in with the union definitely helped to convince them of that.
I think it's a victory for the longshoremen, for now.
Posted by Drunk Pundit | January 28, 2012 1:05 PM
Posted on January 28, 2012 13:05
Thanx drunk p
I hope it can serve as a "point to" for future occ-union co labs
The occ can do much to amp union actions including evade
the legal briar patch contracts entail
Yya ya the IWW had no stinking contracts after they won at Lawrence
But within 18 months the IWW was no where in Lawrence and taking a beating in Patterson
Syndicalists myths are not useful guide lines
Posted by Op | January 28, 2012 1:58 PM
Posted on January 28, 2012 13:58
IWW victories pre figuredcio victories 20lus years later
But one needs to compare and contrast pre figurationton
To full actualization
Posted by Op | January 28, 2012 2:00 PM
Posted on January 28, 2012 14:00
details of deal
http://tdn.com/news/local/port-of-longview-signs-off-on-ilwu-and-egt-settlement/article_881013da-4943-11e1-8929-0019bb2963f4.html
Posted by op | January 29, 2012 4:20 PM
Posted on January 29, 2012 16:20